Vanguard Foundry

Vanguard Foundry Ltd, established in 1983, is a specialized manufacturer and supplier of high-quality, technically challenging iron and stainless steel castings for diverse industrial applications across Europe, known for its rapid prototyping capabilities. The company operates two distinct moulding systems: a high-pressure green sand moulding line for high-volume products, and a chemically bonded boxless moulding system for larger and low-volume castings, both ensuring dimensional stability and repeatability. Vanguard integrates advanced manufacturing technologies like printed sand molds, printed cores, CAD cut-resin patterns, and 3D printing with traditional casting techniques to deliver cost-effective solutions with short lead times. They offer flexible production from tool-less manufacturing for prototypes up to several thousand units, with their boxless system handling moulds up to 1200mm x 1000mm x 500mm/500mm and casting weights up to 200kg. Specializing in the full Ductile Iron range (including Simo, Ni-resist, Compacted Graphite, ADI) and special cast irons like high silicon-molybdenum (for high-temperature applications such as manifolds and turbocharger housings), and austempered ductile irons (known for high strength and wear resistance in agriculture, construction, mining, and gears), they also produce various stainless steel grades. Serving critical sectors like turbo-charging, diesel engine machinery, marine, defense, agricultural, construction, mining, and general engineering, Vanguard Foundry holds ISO 9001-2015 and DNV approvals. Their technical department provides project management, design for value, engineering support, on-site 3D scanning, and reverse engineering to facilitate new product development and market entry, producing parts to specific customer specifications or international standards with rapid lead times for prototypes.